Talking Points Memo readers are reporting on deceptive robo-calls from the Republicans:
We’re getting reports from a number of congressional districts that one or another of the GOP committees is sponsoring robocalls that begin with “I’m calling with information about [fill in name of Democratic candidate].” Apparently, many voters, irate with the flood of calls, assume that the Democrat is the one sponsoring the call.
Apparently, they’re already being investigated in New Hampshire. Where, remarkably enough, they were convicted of electoral fraud in the last election.
This is what the modern Republican party has come to. They can’t win this election on the issues, so they’ve decided that it is better to lie than to lose. The party that preaches about its commitment to “moral values” is displaying in this election an appalling lack of values.
First, continuing in a long tradition, they have chosen to vilify their political opponents and the sixty percent of Americans who believe that the administration has driven our country over a cliff in Iraq by calling us terrorist sympathizers. In Tennessee, they have run an subtly racist campaign to save the bacon of their Senate candidate - and unfortunately, it appears to be working. And now this. Openly lying to voters about the origin of automated phone calls to turn them away from the Democratic opponent.
Our democracy hangs by a thread. If the Republicans are not punished at the polls for this behavior, and are able to steal this election through deception, then we might as well kiss our democracy goodbye.
